The evening world., 1887-10-19

" broke the charm" and crawled through
the ropes. Whites superstitions are we'll
known. Mike Sullivan, brother Of the
champion, spoke laughingly of them
when The EVENING WORLD representative
was in Boston last week. 1t is we'll
known that White. when walking on the
street, wouldn't allow any one to go be-
tween MIN and a companion If he had to
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Harry Hills years ago, once went on the
stage with his sparring-shirt on wrong side
out, He had got it on thought
er's superstitionsI extend to lucky articles,
such, for instance, Us an old heel of one of
Yankee Sullivan's fighting boots, which John
9. Heenan had in his corner when he fought
got behind Frank, Herald the night
Giant Conley. Soap. McAlpine, who never
was known to have a winner, was forced by
the superstitious dread of him which pugi-
lists had to return to return to his occupation
of hod-carrying. Luke Welch's place, at
Eighty-sixth street and North River, used to
be called unlucky as q training ground, but a
there in spite of all warnings broke that
charm. Jack McAuliffe is as superstitious as
possible, but Jack Dempsey, whose record is
as unspotted and whose number of winning
fights is much greater, laughs at omens.
Thirty-three more members of the defunct
Brooklyn Athletic Association have joined
the Nassaus initiation fees waived. The Mas
sau Athletic Club expects to give the box
ing Championships this year by permission of
mission, it is expected, will be formally given
ut next Monday nights meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Amateur Athletes, when
it is also expected that Ford will be rein
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Miners Theatre in Brooklyn will probably
be the scene of the amateur championships
boxing competitions this winter.
Who says sporting is of no use, except as
an encouragement to gambling? Mr.. Alfred
Gentlemen's Driving Club of New York, who
lives some three miles from the telegraph
station of North Branch, N. j., has a basket
of his carrier pigeons brought to his down.
town Office every week or two. Whenever
he wants to get home an hour or two
earlier than usual he does SO. AT 8 O'Clock a
clerk attaches a little printed card which
Iimitedl," and. has space for stock quota
tons and remarks on it, to a feather in one
of the pigeons tail feathers, takes 1t to the
door and releases it. The little fellow
goes right up four or Eve hundred
direction. In less than an hour MIR. de
Cordova can catch him in his loft, out at his
country place, and get his news quicker,
cheaper and more fully than by electricity.
It's wonderfully" said Mr., de Cordoya
Yesterday morning, how much these feath-
cred Mercurys know. We fastened a message
on ones neck once, instead of to one
of his tail feathers as usual. He
few right over opposite to the Swedish Con-
suIs Office and all but asked to have it taken
off. / suppose he knew it would be too much
ola job to attempt to fly against the wind
with 80 much of a burden. I've been carry
ing on this system of communication for the
past year and a half with perfect success"
The boys who play billiards have struck a
new game uptown, which it is not feared will
reyolutionize the game, as it is so difficult to
make a point that lone but the professionals
can score once in thirty minutes. 1t is
called Plon Plon and is played with
two white cue-balls only. The player
plays on the object ball and has to
send both that and his cue ball to cushions
and then score by the two balls striking each
other. The game consists of fifteen points.
In Sections billiard-room last evening two
bookmakers, who are expert amateurs, were
playing Plon Plon for $40 a side. 1t took
them about half an hour to run a game. Some
very brilliant shots were made.